Alex Clarke

I graduated from MSU in 2009 with a BA in linguistics and I'm interested in logic, language, and meaning (and in that order). I joined the Lansing Cluster in July 2012 as an On-Site Coordinator and Promotions Assistant and started slinging the soundboard shortly thereafter. In November 2012, I started producing the technical side of the Steve Gruber Show and I'm the Technical Director of the Michigan Talk Network.
Oh yeah, and I grew up on a farm and live in my grandparents' 150-year-old farmhouse. A dozen cats patrol the barns around my house and I have a name for almost every one of them!

In this Weekend Edition's first segment, Steve addresses the state of the Great Lakes. Last year we were told the water levels were dangerously low and now we hear that they are too high. Are the climate criers making things up to push a political agenda...

Steve Gruber delves deeply into the Brian Williams debacle which has the anchor repeatedly lying and then fumbling out an insincere apology. In the first half of this week's show Gruber explains in detail how this lie is symbolic of more than one particular false narrative, but are any of us su…

A shooting occurred overnight in East Lansing and two suspects are currently at large. The Lansing State Journal reports that a 911 call was placed at 11:55pm on February 5, alerting the police to the shooting in the Grove Street parking ramp...

Michigan State University provost June Pierce Youatt announced on Wednesday that the university will begin steps to ban tobacco on campus. Kyle Feldscher of Mlive.com reports that a new task force will be created to devise and enact the measures necessary to move the Spartan campus towards the tobac…

The Coalition Against Higher Taxes and Special Interest Deals is a new group opposed to the increase in sales tax put forth by the Michigan Legislature. Paul Egan of Michigan.com, published in the Lansing State Journal reports that the coalition registered Thursday with the Secretary of State...

Gas prices are back above $2/gallon and all the gas stations seem to raise prices in concert, but is it collusion? Mark Griffin, president of the Michigan Petroleum Association joins the Steve Gruber show to discuss how the gas selling industry works, and what the low price of oil does for business.…

In this edition's opening segment, Steve talks about the recent "superstorm" that hit the North East in light of the extremely accurate and totally unquestionable, debate-is-over scientific models for global man-made climate destruction.The story crossed the wire on Friday of a Michigan hu…

A week before his State of the City address, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero proposed controversial changes to the Board of Water and Light, which is still undergoing structural revision following the botched handling of last power outages in December 2012...

Earnings for Ford in 2014 were less than half of 2013’s numbers, reports Alisa Priddle from Michigan.com, a drop from $7.2 billion to $3.2 billion. The decrease is largely attributed to the high cost of recalls in the last year amounting to $900 million...

Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Prime Minister following the Greek election held on Sunday. The AP reports that breaking with tradition, Tsipras swore a secular oath, forgoing the Greek Orthodox ceremony which usually accompanies such swearings in...